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== Archive Team recruiting ==
== Archive Team recruiting ==
* [[Dev|Want to code for Archive Team? Here's a starting point.]]
* [[Dev|Want to code for Archive Team? Here's a starting point.]]
* Help us: '''[[warrior|☞ Download and run your warrior ☜]]'''.<br>
* What's on: [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/ online tracker].<br>
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== Warrior based projects ==
== Warrior-based projects ==
* [[TwitPic]]: allegedly acquired and possibly to be rearranged by [[Twitter]]. We're saving it in its current state. '''IRC Channel #quitpic'''.
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* [[URLTeam]]: URL shorteners were a fucking awful idea. '''IRC Channel #urlteam'''.
* [[Halo]]: Downloading all the read-only data from Halo. '''IRC Channel #yolohalo'''.
* [[Microsoft Clip Art]]: Microsoft is phasing out its clip art collection. '''IRC channel #clipfart'''.
* [[Ovi Store]]: Going away in the first half of 2015. Downloading all the things! '''IRC Channel #downlovi'''.
* [[Blogger]]: Will be restricting public access to blogs that are "sexually explicit" on March 23, 2015. We're downloading everything. '''IRC Channel #frogger'''.


Help us: '''[[warrior|☞ Download and run your warrior ☜]]'''.
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What's on: [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/ online tracker].
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* [[URLTeam]]: URL shorteners were a fucking awful idea. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|urlteam}}'''.
 
=== Scripts only ===


== Manual projects ==
== Manual projects ==
* [[AOL]]: Climbing into the decaying walled garden. '''IRC Channel #aohell.'''
* [[Coronavirus|2019-2020 coronavirus outbreak]]: Documenting and preserving data, events, and impacts of the virus on society. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|coronarchive}}'''
* [[ArchiveBot]]: For those with lots of disk space, bandwidth and long-term commitment. '''IRC Channel #archivebot'''.
* [[Yahoo! Groups]]: Years of internet threads, soon to go private-only. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|yahoosucks|network=hackint}}'''
* [[Audit2014|Audit 2014]]: It's time to verify our shit. '''IRC Channel #auditteam'''.
* [[ArchiveBot]]: For those with lots of disk space, bandwidth and long-term commitment. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|archivebot}}'''.
* [[FTP]]: Download all the FTP sites! '''IRC Channel #effteepee'''.
* [[WikiTeam]]: Saving wikis dumps (XML). And their external links for the Wayback Machine (WARC) as well as exporting MediaWiki databases. Permanent effort, [https://github.com/WikiTeam/wikiteam/wiki/Tutorial#I_have_no_shell_access_to_server everyone can help] (you choose the size of your downloads). '''IRC Channel {{IRC|wikiteam}}'''.
* [[ISP Hosting]]: Finding ISP web hosting services before the Grim Reaper finds them. '''IRC Channel #webroasting'''.
* [[MP3.com]]: Digging through the WayBack Machine's archives to build a database of all the DAM CDs made available through the site.
* [[WikiTeam]]: permanent effort, [https://github.com/WikiTeam/wikiteam/wiki/Tutorial#I_have_no_shell_access_to_server everyone can help] (you choose the size of your downloads). '''IRC Channel #wikiteam'''.
* [[Internet Centrum]]: Getting terminated on February 28, 2015. '''IRC Channel #internetcentury'''.
* [[INTERNETARCHIVE.BAK]]: How do we archive an archive? '''IR Channel #internetarchive.bak'''.


== Upcoming projects ==
== Upcoming & proposed projects ==
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* [[RapidShare]]: Shutting down on March 31, 2015. '''IRC Channel #rapidscare'''.
* [[RadioShack]]: RadioShack is going bankrupt. '''IRC Channel #unshackled'''.
<!-- Shutting down, definite deadline given -->
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* [[Google Business Sitebuilder]]: Getting replaced by Google My Business on March 15, 2015. '''IRC Channel #sitebreaker'''.
* [[Trovebox]]: Closing March 15, 2015. '''IRC Channel #treasuretrove'''.
* [[Music Unlimited]]: Getting phased out by Sony on March 29, 2015. '''IRC Channel #limitedmusic'''. <!-- Google crawl: http://paste.archivingyoursh.it/hapadimawa.avrasm (remove this when the page is created) -->
* [[Google Helpouts]]: Didn't get enough help. Shutting down on April 20, 2015. '''IRC Channel #helpus'''.
* [[Google Questions and Answers]]: Read-only, getting deleted on April 30, 2015. '''IRC Channel #bonanza'''.
* [[Club Nintendo]]: Ran out of lives. Game over for North America on July 30, 2015, September 30, 2015 for Europe and Japan. '''IRC Channel #clubnintendont'''.
<!-- Shutting down, vague deadline given -->
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* [[Kinja]]: Deleting all user pages, maybe? '''IRC Channel {{IRC|gokinjagokinjago}}'''.
* [[Twitter]]: Deleting inactive accounts <s>2019-12-11</s> sometime. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|twitterdead}}'''.
<!-- Shutting down, no deadline given -->
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* [[Panoramio]]: [[Google]] is migrating photos only (no metadata!) to Maps. '''IRC Channel #paranormio'''.
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* [[exfm]]: Grabbing everything from archive.ex.fm. '''IRC Channel #exexfm'''.
* [[Orkut]]: Orkut got kut on September 30, 2014. It lives on as a public archive. '''IRC Channel #throatkut'''.
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* [[SourceForge]]: Old, ad supported, adware supported. '''IRC Channel #sourceforget'''.
* [[GitHub]]: Embraced-uh, I mean, bought by Microsoft. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|getgit}}'''.
* [[The Pirate Bay]]: Recently came back up, grabbing an archive for sanity's sake. '''IRC Channel #yarharfiddlededee'''.
* [[Imgur]]: Image hoster decided that using it for hosting images is not permitted. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|imgone}}'''.
* [[Picasa|Picasa Web Albums]]: Main page redirecting to Google Plus, future uncertain. '''IRC Channel #picasso'''.
* [[JamiiForums]]: the Tanzanian government would like this gone. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|jammedforums}}'''.
* [[Madden GIFERATOR]]: Grabbing Madden GIFERATOR from the clutches of EA. '''IRC Channel #jiferator'''.
* [[LiveJournal]]: Very old, widely regarded as in decline, and has a lot of important stuff buried in it. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|recordedjournal}}'''.
* [[Ownlog]]: Ownlog is losing popularity and support from its owners. '''IRC Channel #pwnlog'''.
* [[Ownlog]]: Ownlog is losing popularity and support from its owners. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|pwnlog}}'''.
 
* [[Reddit]]: Banning communities that generate bad PR for Reddit Inc. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|shreddit|network=hackint}}'''.
== Recently finished ==
* [[The Pirate Bay]]: Recently came back up, grabbing an archive for sanity's sake. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|yarharfiddlededee}}'''.
* [[TestFlight]]: Apple is crashing TestFlight on February 26, 2015. '''IRC Channel #crashed'''.
* [[Valhalla]]: Where to store what even the [[Internet Archive]] doesn't have space for? '''IRC Channel {{IRC|huntinggrounds}}'''.
* [[Cobook]]: Acquired and being absorbed into FullContact. '''IRC Channel #cookbook'''.
* [[Giphy]]: Bought by Facebook, to be "integrated" (assimilated) into Instagram https://news.knowyourmeme.com/news/facebook-to-buy-giphy


== Recently finished projects ==
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* [[League of Legends#LoL_Boards_&_Forum|League of Legends Boards & Forum]]: Riot forcing Boards to surrender at 20 then smiting it and the forum archive on March 16th. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|archiveteam-bs}}'''.
* [[8tracks]]: social network around audio streaming and creating playlists, was going to shut down 2019-12-31 but has been acquired and restored. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|8ball|network=hackint}}'''.
* [[Plays.tv]]: Stopping.tv on 2019-12-15. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|stops.tv|network=hackint}}'''.
* [[YouTube]]: Making playlists of liked videos private on 2019-12-05. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|down-the-tube|network=hackint}}'''.


<!-- Hiatus / Missed the Mark -->
== Hiatus / Missed the Mark ==
* [[Angelfire]]: Angelfire is a web hosting service that contains big chunks of early WWW history and has no proper backup. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|angelonfire}}'''.
* [[Audit2014|Audit 2014]]: It's time to verify our shit. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|auditteam}}'''. THIS PROJECT IS ON HIATUS AND WILL BE RETURNED TO AS AUDIT2018.
* [[Flickr]]: <s>[[Yahoo!]]</s> SmugMug decided to kill it after finding Yahoo!'s plans to do so before they were bought by Verizon. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|flickrfckr}}'''.
* [[Freeml]]: Japanese mailing list provider is sending its final email 2019-12-02. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|fml}}'''.
* [[FTP]]: Help us find and download all FTP sites! '''IRC Channel {{IRC|effteepee}}'''.
* [[Google Groups]]: "Gone within a year" ([[User:Jscott|SketchCow]], 2016-06-07).
* [[Google News Archive]]: Let's store all newspapers at Google, WCGW? '''IRC Channel {{IRC|papersplease}}'''.
* [[DevPort]]: This [http://developerportfolio.com/ portfolio SaaS provider] has [http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/65135/need-some-help-saas-provider-is-dead-but-my-site-is-still-up-how-should-i-grab-it reportedly] been having infrastructure issues, and removed their social media accounts. Possible impending shutdown.
* [[INTERNETARCHIVE.BAK]]: Grab a slice of the big cake of [[Internet Archive|The Archive]]! '''IRC Channel {{IRC|internetarchive.bak}}'''.
* [[ISP Hosting]]: Finding ISP web hosting services before the Grim Reaper finds them. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|webroasting}}'''.
* [[NewsGrabber]]: Saving all news articles. <!-- Help with server power or by finding more news sites.-->Currently paused. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|newsgrabber}}'''.
* [[Project Newsletter]]: Archiving e-newsletters, currently in development. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|projectnewsletter}}'''.
* [[Quizlet]]: Flashcards and other learning tools '''IRC Channel {{IRC|quizletusin}}'''.
* [[Tumblr]]: [[Yahoo!]] considered killing it, now Yahoo has been acquired and Verizon declared war on NSFW blogs. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|tumbledown}}'''.
* [[yuku]]: Lately yuku is very unstable and hosting thousands of forums. Project currently paused. '''IRC Channel {{IRC|archiveteam}}'''.


<small>ArchiveTeam uses the EFnet IRC network – irc://irc.efnet.org – webchat: http://chat.efnet.org:9090 – [[IRC|More info]]</small>
<small>ArchiveTeam primarily uses the EFnet IRC network – irc://irc.efnet.org – webchat: http://chat.efnet.org:9090 – [[Archiveteam:IRC|More info]]</small><br>
<small>ArchiveTeam also uses the hackint IRC network – ircs://irc.hackint.org:6697 (TLS required) – webchat: https://webirc.hackint.org/ – [[Archiveteam:IRC|More info]]

Revision as of 20:47, 18 May 2020

Archive Team recruiting

Warrior-based projects

ArchiveTeam's Choice: Telegram
  • URLTeam: URL shorteners were a fucking awful idea. IRC Channel #urlteam (on hackint).

Scripts only

Manual projects

  • 2019-2020 coronavirus outbreak: Documenting and preserving data, events, and impacts of the virus on society. IRC Channel #coronarchive (on hackint)
  • Yahoo! Groups: Years of internet threads, soon to go private-only. IRC Channel #yahoosucks (on hackint)
  • ArchiveBot: For those with lots of disk space, bandwidth and long-term commitment. IRC Channel #archivebot (on hackint).
  • WikiTeam: Saving wikis dumps (XML). And their external links for the Wayback Machine (WARC) as well as exporting MediaWiki databases. Permanent effort, everyone can help (you choose the size of your downloads). IRC Channel #wikiteam (on hackint).
  • MP3.com: Digging through the WayBack Machine's archives to build a database of all the DAM CDs made available through the site.

Upcoming & proposed projects

Recently finished projects

  • League of Legends Boards & Forum: Riot forcing Boards to surrender at 20 then smiting it and the forum archive on March 16th. IRC Channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint).
  • 8tracks: social network around audio streaming and creating playlists, was going to shut down 2019-12-31 but has been acquired and restored. IRC Channel #8ball (on hackint).
  • Plays.tv: Stopping.tv on 2019-12-15. IRC Channel #stops.tv (on hackint).
  • YouTube: Making playlists of liked videos private on 2019-12-05. IRC Channel #down-the-tube (on hackint).

Hiatus / Missed the Mark

ArchiveTeam primarily uses the EFnet IRC network – irc://irc.efnet.org – webchat: http://chat.efnet.org:9090 – More info
ArchiveTeam also uses the hackint IRC network – ircs://irc.hackint.org:6697 (TLS required) – webchat: https://webirc.hackint.org/ – More info

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